Quran 2:55 — Al-Baqara, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember when you said, ‘Moses, we will not believe you until we see God face to face.’ At that, thunderbolts struck you as you looked on.
وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَىٰ لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ
wa-idh qul'tum yāmūsā lan nu'mina laka ḥattā narā l-laha jahratan fa-akhadhatkumu l-ṣāʿiqatu wa-antum tanẓurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when you said, 'Moses, we will not believe thee till we see God openly'; and the thunderbolt took you while you were beholding.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [remember] when you said, "O Moses. indeed we shall not believe thee unto we see God face to face!" - whereupon the thunderbolt of punishment overtook you before your very eyes.
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allāh outright"; so the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قُلْتُمْqul'tum | you said | قول |
| 3 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 4 | لَنlan | Never | — |
| 5 | نُّؤْمِنَnu'mina | (will) we believe | أمن |
| 6 | لَكَlaka | in you | — |
| 7 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 8 | نَرَىnarā | we see | رأي |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | جَهْرَةًۭjahratan | manifestly | جهر |
| 11 | فَأَخَذَتْكُمُfa-akhadhatkumu | So seized you | أخذ |
| 12 | ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُl-ṣāʿiqatu | the thunderbolt | صعق |
| 13 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 14 | تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna | (were) looking | نظر |